So it's been a year now, and with the release of Citadel and everyone doing their "Mass Effect Retrospectives", I'm feeling a bit nostalgic of the series overall.
Admittedly, I was attracted to the series over the complaints of the leaked ending. I picked up Mass Effect 2 (as ME3 wasn't out yet) and immediately loved it. I started playing through the series, enjoying every moment, but unfortunately, I had already spoiled myself over the ending.
I have my own personal complaints about it, but mostly I feel that my complaints about it were simply echoes of other's complaints, most of which was barely-contained "nerd rage".
My question to you is, what did you dislike (or even like) about Mass Effect 3's ending, both before and after the Extended Cut DLC? Please be articulate and don't just say the equivalent of "it sucked I want my money back". At this point, rage-hating on the ending is like beating the mangled blob that used to be a dead horse a year ago.
(Edit: I apologize for the weird wording of the poll. I guess it doesn't like apostrophes.)